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By Nick Underhill | The AdvocateWe should probably start by saying the Saints didn’t lose.Yes, they won, but it feels weird to tell the story with that sentence. That phrase implies action, and it doesn’t feel like there was action taken. It feels more accurate to say the Saints survived and...

By Nick Underhill | The AdvocateThe Saints defense played much better against the Browns than it did in Week 1, but is the offense becoming too reliant on Michael Thomas as a leading option?Here are Nick Underhill's three biggest takeaways from Sunday's win:1. The defense played better...

By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneAfter they got embarrassed by Tampa Bay in Week 1, the New Orleans Saints were putting together a bounce-back defensive performance Sunday (Sept. 16) against the Cleveland Browns, but it still did not taste right, it still was missing that one key...

By James Parks | 247 SportsView: https://twitter.com/garlandgillen/status/1041422637069688833The reigning NFC South champions are finally in the win column after two weeks of play as the New Orleans Saints improved to a 1-1 record with a close victory over the visiting Cleveland Browns at...

AP | Fox SportsNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Wil Lutz kicked a 44-yard field goal for New Orleans with 21 seconds left, Cleveland kicker Zane Gonzalez pushed the second of his two missed field goals wide right in the final seconds, and the Saints held on for a 21-18 victory that extended the Browns‘...

By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneOne thing is clear after two weeks of the 2018 NFL season: The New Orleans Saints are not proving them right so far.The trendy Super Bowl picks of many preseason prognosticators are a less-than-impressive 1-1 and looking decidedly less like last...

John DeShazier | Senior Writer - NewOrleansSaints.comThe only thing that totally was fulfilling about the New Orleans Saints’ 21-18 victory was the final score.New Orleans evened its record at 1-1 on Sunday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome by posting a win over Cleveland that was...

By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneIt was ugly, but the New Orleans Saints beat the Cleveland Browns on Sunday (Sept. 16) at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.In the 21-18 victory, the Saints overcame a 12-3 deficit in the fourth quarter, eventually winning with a 44-yard field...

By Mike Triplett | ESPN Staff WriterNEW ORLEANS -- It wasn’t anywhere close to pretty. And it wasn’t over until the Cleveland Browns missed their third kick of the game in the final seconds. But the New Orleans Saints avoided a disastrous start to the season with a 21-18 victory on Sunday...

By Joel A. Erickson | The Advocate The New Orleans Saints narrowly averted disaster on Sunday.Punchless on offense for most of the day, New Orleans spent most of the day trailing a Cleveland Browns team that hasn't won a game since Christmas Eve of 2016.Then Michael Thomas and Marcus...